Thomas Byrne
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285 appearances
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1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 5d ago
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But certainly anybody that's in difficulty should contact their particular energy provider.
And also people who are under fuel allowance are entitled to call...
sustainable energy Ireland which the carbon tax is paying for to get work done to their house to reduce their fuel bill so I certainly encourage people to do that I know the opposition will come back and say we're not doing enough I want to do more but a huge number of them want to cut the carbon tax which then cuts projects like that
Middle class families don't get the fuel allowance, so they can't access these free grants.
Yes, they can get some grants.
But what that's designed to do is reduce our overall dependence on natural gas and oil, actually, but natural gas in particular and the electricity price in order that we can get prices down and start producing the stuff ourselves and not be subject to the whims of other people outside Ireland and outside Europe.
It's a tricky couple of months ahead for every government in the Western democratic world.
That's the reality of it.
And all of them are trying to do this and show empathy and understand what people are going through.
In Ireland, there will be pay talks starting at some point because the current pay agreement is coming to an end anyway.
So that's coming anyway.
And I have to say, talking to people I'm talking to over the last couple of weeks, there's a lot of fear out there that the oil price currently isn't factoring in
the type of things that Ellen was talking about, the uncertainty that still lies ahead.
The reality is I think the oil price currently shows the trailers on the oil markets, again, far away from here, think that this is going to be resolved very quickly.
And let's be honest, the evidence doesn't suggest that.
So I think that it's very, very important that we take a strategic look, that we protect the economy and jobs, because our national income depends on that, and then see how we protect people in the most effective way.
Not until October, but there already have been supports given to people to deal with this crisis.
Look, I think the level of support that we've given has been among the best in Europe and that, I have to say, is well appreciated in Ukraine.
Every time we meet them, they thank us for the support they've given.
As I understand it, the supports that will exist after this under the Temporary Protection Directive would be pretty similar to what's available around Europe.
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